Primordial Era: Taibai, the Poison Master of Yaochi, drives a Sage insane!

Taiyi Zhenren used the names of the Heavenly Mandate and Yuqing Saint to intimidate people. His words were light and casual, but they directly erased the cause and effect of Biyun and Caiyun. Shiji could no longer suppress her grief and indignation. She shouted angrily on the spot, and her voice shook the surrounding clouds.

"Fellow Daoist Taiyi, do not try to evade everything with the word 'fate'! I chased him all the way to Qianyuan Mountain, and all I wanted from beginning to end was a fair explanation. If I had harbored even the slightest intention of revenge, Nezha would have been dead long ago at the entrance of the Skull Cave. How could he have safely made his way to the Golden Light Cave for help?"

"Now, fellow Daoist, you cannot distinguish right from wrong, and you immediately invoke the Jade Purity Saint to oppress others, using the ethereal concept of destiny to obscure the karma of my disciples. Do you perhaps believe that my two disciples, who have devoted themselves to cultivation, were born to die in vain? Such rhetoric is utterly shameless!"

Every word and phrase exposed Taiyi Zhenren's intention to protect his own and shirk responsibility. Shiji's rebuke echoed in the surrounding void. Taiyi Zhenren's face instantly fell. After years of cultivation, very few people dared to speak such harsh words to his face. He felt utterly humiliated.

Taiyi Zhenren's eyes turned cold, and his immortal light suddenly became sharp. He spoke in a deep voice, his tone already carrying a hint of killing intent.

"Fellow Daoist Shiji, you dare to publicly humiliate me with just a few words? Since you are so ignorant of your place, today I will see for myself just how much true power you possess, daring to act so presumptuously above Mount Qianyuan!"

Before he finished speaking, Taiyi Zhenren flipped his hand, and the immortal sword at his waist was unsheathed. The emerald sword light hung beside him, its sharpness cutting through the sea of ​​clouds.

His other hand was quietly hidden in his sleeve, already holding a priceless treasure, the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover bestowed by the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

Shi Ji stood opposite, watching helplessly as Taiyi Zhenren concealed a deadly weapon and drew his sword against her. A surge of anger rushed to her head, and her body trembled slightly due to extreme resentment. Her Daoist aura became unstable, and her figure trembled slightly.

"Shameless! Utterly shameless!"

Without uttering another word of argument, Shi Ji raised her hand and summoned her personal sword, Tai'a Sword. Her grey-white robes fluttered in the wind, transforming into a pale blue celestial light as she charged straight towards Taiyi Zhenren.

Taiyi Zhenren looked at the charging figure, his face showing only indifferent cold snorts, each word icy as he declared the outcome.

"Fellow Daoist Shiji, the Investiture of the Gods has begun. Anyone who steps out of their cave and gets involved in human conflicts is born to face this calamity. Now that you are entangled in karma and your tribulation has arrived, I will personally take action today to send your soul to the Investiture of the Gods platform to end this mortal entanglement."

As soon as he finished speaking, Taiyi Zhenren no longer held back. He suddenly waved his sleeve outward, and a crimson treasure shield carved with nine fire dragon patterns rose into the air. It was the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Shield.

This spiritual treasure has an extraordinary origin. It was a top-grade innate spiritual treasure that Yuanshi Tianzun personally received when the Dao Ancestor distributed innate treasures at the Treasure Distribution Rock. Taiyi Zhenren, as one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, was highly valued by Yuanshi Tianzun and thus received it personally from his master.

Once the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover is fully deployed, it can autonomously create an independent spiritual treasure micro-world. Nine fire dragons coil within the cover, and the Southern Bright Fire can burn anything. Ordinary acquired spiritual treasures will melt instantly upon contact, and even ordinary innate defensive magic artifacts cannot withstand more than a few breaths.

In the primordial world, any cultivator who does not possess a protective spiritual treasure of equal grade will have their physical body and primordial spirit reduced to ashes within moments once trapped inside the protective barrier, and will even find it difficult to preserve the foundation for reincarnation.

A scorching inferno rushed towards her, the heat wave burning her soul. Shi Ji was instantly filled with extreme fear. Knowing the terrifying power of this treasure, she dared not be negligent in the slightest and hurriedly activated the only two protective magic artifacts she possessed.

Two beams of soft light shot out from Shi Ji's sleeves. One was the Bagua Dragon Beard Handkerchief, and the other was the Bagua Cloud Light Handkerchief. The two handkerchief-like defensive magic treasures were spread out layer by layer, transforming into two layers of pale white light curtains, firmly blocking in front of her, trying to isolate the Samadhi True Fire that was rushing towards her.

However, the two magical artifacts were only mid-level acquired spiritual treasures, their quality far inferior to the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover.

In just three breaths, two crisp cracking sounds rang out in succession, and the two layers of light screen shattered inch by inch. The two magical artifacts, the Bagua Dragon Beard Cloth and the Bagua Cloud Light Cloth, which had accompanied him in his cultivation for hundreds of millions of years, were directly burned and melted by the raging divine fire, leaving not even a single fragment.

With her two protective treasures, which she had relied on for many years, completely destroyed, Shi Ji was shocked. Trapped in the boundless sea of ​​fire, the suffocating feeling of death completely enveloped her, as if she would be melted away by the flames at any moment.

When Taiyi Zhenren outside the shroud saw the scene inside, his eyes immediately lit up with joy. His tense expression slowly relaxed, and his tone carried a condescending, didactic quality, which reached Shiji's ears through the sea of ​​fire.

"Fellow Daoist Shiji, there is no need to harbor resentment now. The beings of the primordial world are divided into three levels of innate qualities. Those with superior innate qualities transcend the mortal world and achieve immortality; those with average innate qualities enter the Investiture of the Gods after death, hold divine positions, and enjoy incense offerings in the mortal world; those with shallow innate qualities and entangled in worldly tribulations can only re-enter the cycle of reincarnation in the six realms, wear down their karma, and start cultivating again from scratch."

"Fellow Daoist, your aptitude is ultimately insufficient, and you have no affinity for the path of immortality. Divine office is your only future. Do not blame me for being ruthless; everything is ordained by fate."

Nezha, who was standing on the edge of the clouds riding on his fiery wheels, saw that Shiji was trapped in the sea of ​​fire and that her two treasures had been burned to ashes, leaving her with no power to resist. He burst into laughter on the spot, his eyes full of unrestrained arrogance, without the slightest bit of remorse.

"Master is truly amazing! With a casual flick of his hand, he created a magical barrier that completely trapped this old hag, rendering her utterly immobile!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Nezha deliberately winked and made funny faces at Shiji in the sea of ​​fire, sticking out his tongue and speaking in a very sarcastic tone.

"Hehehe... You old hag, today is your death day. Obediently turn to ashes and wait at the Conferred God Platform!"

Within the sea of ​​fire, Shi Ji clearly heard the master and disciple singing in unison, their mockery, indifference, and ruthless intent fully revealed. The grief, humiliation, and hatred that had accumulated in her heart were completely intertwined, almost shattering her own foundation.

"Taiyi! I never expected that you and your disciple would be so despicable and shameless! I merely came to demand justice for the lives of my two disciples, without harming you in the slightest, yet you pressed on relentlessly, determined to take my life. This grudge will never be forgotten!"

Taiyi Zhenren stood above the Divine Fire Cover, and upon hearing this, he merely gave a cold sneer, his tone indifferent and unmoved.

"Shiji, there's no point in saying more. Your only regret is that you shouldn't have stepped out of the Skull Mountain and White Bone Cave and gotten involved in this great calamity. Just accept your fate."

The divine fire within the protective barrier continued to rage. After the two defensive magical artifacts melted away, the flames relentlessly assaulted Shi Ji's body, scorching the edges of her robes. Her physical body and Dao foundation were constantly being damaged, and the crisis of death was imminent.

In her desperate situation, Shi Ji suddenly remembered the jade bottle that had appeared out of nowhere in front of her cave. The bottle contained the complete and flawless essence of the Great Dao of Water, which she had kept close to her body and regarded as her only chance. At this moment, this was the only thing she had left with a glimmer of hope.

Shi Ji quickly raised her hand and held the lustrous jade bottle above her head!

Within the Jade Pool Wonderland of the Thirty-Three Heavens, Li Taibai quietly overlooked the fiery battlefield of Qianyuan Mountain. Seeing Taiyi Zhenren and Nezha's confident and mocking expressions, a faint smile quietly appeared on his lips.

The current situation is exactly the effect that the previous plan aimed to achieve.

Only when the disciples of Master Chan are completely complacent, convinced of their victory, and completely let their guard down can this innate jade bottle containing the complete laws of water exert its full power and achieve a miraculous reversal of the battle. If Master Taiyi had been cautious and vigilant from the beginning, it would have been difficult to achieve such a brilliant turnaround.

Shi Ji, who was in the sea of ​​fire, had already lost all hope and was convinced that she would perish in the divine fire today. But the moment the jade bottle floated above her head, the Great Dao of Ren Water instantly surrounded her whole body.

Taiyi Zhenren, who was outside the shroud, saw Shiji holding up an inconspicuous jade bottle and thought it was just an ordinary acquired storage item. He couldn't help but sneer, his words full of disdain.

"Shiji, you think you can withstand the true fire within my Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover with just this mortal jade bottle? That's wishful thinking! In no time, even this insignificant object will be reduced to ashes!"

The expected scene of the jade bottle melting did not appear for a long time, as the innate Ren water completely blocked the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover.

This bizarre sight stunned the previously confident Taiyi Zhenren, who stared intently at the jade bottle hanging above Shiji's head, his heart filled with doubt and unease.

Seeing that the divine fire could not harm Shi Ji for a long time, Nezha became impatient. Holding the sharp fire-tipped spear, the fire wheels under his feet blazed with flames, and he broke through the thin layer of fire curtain, entering the divine fire barrier. He thrust the spear straight at Shi Ji's body.

"That old hag clings to life by relying on a broken bottle. Your disciple will aid you, Master, and take your life!"

The Fire-Tipped Spear, carrying scorching flames, thrust straight at Shi Ji. Her spiritual power had already been depleted by the continuous consumption of divine fire, but facing Nezha who was charging in front of her, she could no longer suppress the hatred in her heart for the tragic deaths of her two disciples. Without holding back any tricks, she used the Tai'a Sword in her hand, which contained all the remaining power of her Dao, to strike out with all her might.

A thick, cyan sword light exploded, striking Nezha heavily. Nezha's cultivation foundation was still shallow, and he could not withstand this attack that used all his strength. He screamed on the spot, and his body was sent flying like a kite with a broken string!

Upon witnessing his disciple being severely injured and sent flying, Taiyi Zhenren instantly flew into a rage. The aura of a Great Luo Golden Immortal erupted from his body, and the temperature inside the Crimson Divine Fire Cover surged several times over. His fierce roar echoed through the sea of ​​clouds.

"Shi Ji! How dare you severely injure my personal disciple in public! Today, I will not let you off so easily; I will thoroughly refine your soul!"

Before he finished speaking, Taiyi Zhenren, holding his personal immortal sword, leaped into the divine fire barrier and launched a fierce attack on Shiji.

Taiyi Zhenren's cultivation was already far superior; he was a true Daluo Jinxian, while Shiji was only at the peak of Taiyi Jinxian. There was an insurmountable gap between their realms. In addition, with the destruction of her two protective magic artifacts and the continuous consumption of her spiritual power by the divine fire, it wasn't long before Shiji was firmly suppressed by the sword light. She couldn't even find a moment to breathe and could only rely on the jade bottle on her head to continuously resist the dual attacks of the divine fire and the sword light.

During the brief intervals between their exchanges, Taiyi Zhenren's gaze repeatedly fell upon the jade bottle atop Shiji's head, which remained completely unmoved and unaffected by the divine fire. His astonishment and doubt grew stronger, and he instantly realized that this unassuming jade bottle was no ordinary object. The profound Dao contained within it far surpassed even the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover in his own possession, making it a supreme treasure rarely seen in the world.

Just as Taiyi Zhenren was secretly plotting how to seize this extraordinary treasure, the jade bottle above his head suddenly vibrated on its own, the stopper opened without wind, and a stream of extremely clear true water poured out from the bottle.

slam-la-

Wherever the water flowed, the flames on the nine fire dragons that had been raging in all directions rapidly subsided. The raging Samadhi True Fire was like ice and snow meeting boiling water, and in an instant, large swathes of it were extinguished. The high temperature within the entire Divine Fire Shield barrier dissipated rapidly.

Shi Ji was overjoyed to see that the jade bottle could autonomously draw upon the Opening True Water to suppress the Divine Fire. Seizing the opportunity, she activated the fundamental law of water within the bottle, and from the pouring true water, nine enormous, azure-blue innate Ren Water Divine Dragons condensed. Their roars reverberated throughout the entire Divine Fire Small World. The nine water dragons, head to tail, charged straight at the nine fire dragons.

The Taiyi Zhenren outside the barrier saw the divine fire instantly suppressed by the primordial true water, and the nine innate water dragons resisting his own fire dragon. His face was filled with disbelief and shock!

Shi Ji, amidst the sea of ​​fire, showed no signs of weakness. Relying on the complete waterway laws to stabilize the situation, her eyes were filled with chilling coldness as she stared intently at Taiyi Zhenren, her voice icy and piercing.

"Taiyi, you acted without distinguishing right from wrong, unleashing your most precious treasure to take my life, and even personally refined two of my personal magical artifacts. Today, this karmic debt is irresolvable. Between us, it is a fight to the death, with no room for negotiation whatsoever!"

Taiyi Zhenren's face turned completely gloomy, and the killing intent in his eyes grew stronger. Even though the opponent possessed a water-based treasure that could suppress divine fire, and with his own Great Luo Golden Immortal realm right in front of him, he was still fully confident in crushing a Taiyi Golden Immortal peak cultivator who was depleted of spiritual energy.

Taiyi Zhenren raised his hand to stabilize the ever-weakening Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover. Layers of Great Luo Daoist aura were superimposed on the immortal sword. He spoke coldly, his tone full of disdain and arrogance.

"Hmph, Shi Ji, don't think you can protect your life with just a water-based treasure. The difference in cultivation level is obvious. An artifact is ultimately just an external thing. Today, I can still kill you here and send you to the Investiture of the Gods!"

Nine water dragons and nine fire dragons fought fiercely within the spiritual treasure barrier. The collision of water and fire generated endless clouds, causing chaos in the sky above the entire Qianyuan Mountain!

Meanwhile, Li Bai, observing quietly from within the Jade Pool Wonderland, knew that this jade bottle containing the complete laws of water, from this moment on, officially disrupted the entire plan of the Chan Sect. From now on, the Primordial Heavenly Lord would no longer be able to smoothly erase Nezha's killing karma and steadily support Xiqi.

This jade bottle is no ordinary object; it was once a top-grade innate spiritual treasure from the Heavenly Court's treasury, but it has been infused with the complete Ren Water Law, the complete Law of Water, which can transform into any kind of water!